Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 146 1 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let be the standard complex structure on , let be the standard symplectic form, and let be the Euclidean inner product. They satisfyThe two-out-of-three property for unitary structures says that a real linear map preserving any two of these structures preserves the third. In terms of the corresponding matrix groups,
For example, if preserves and , thenso preserves . If it preserves and , the second displayed identity shows that it preserves . Finally, is uniquely determined by , so preservation of and implies . The common intersection is therefore the unitary group.